Waveline DC-5000 pump is an affordable DC water mover with great potential

By on Mar 05, 2012

waveline dc-5000

The Waveline DC-5000 is a DC water pump that made a showing at the Global Pet Expo last week in Orlando, Florida. The new Waveline DC pump will push out up to 1,320 GPH (5,000 LPH) that is adjustable to six different speeds controlling the RPMs of the pump at a pretty efficient clip, sipping only 40W at the maximum speed.

There are a few huge benefits with the Waveline DC-5000 and other DC pumps. DC pumps can run more efficiently, can run directly off a battery or solar source without conversion to AC, and allow you to regulate flow by reducing the RPMs and not restricting the output flow of the pump. A simple controller can also be used to control the pump speeds.

Manufactured by H2O Systems Inc., the Waveline DC pump got a quick scout at Global Pet by Reefs and the pump reportedly runs cool to the touch, which is good news for many hobbyists. The Waveline controller allows you to select up to six speeds or enable a 10 minute feeding mode for the system.

We are sure a pump like this could be controlled by a more robust aquarium controller to tap into more features like running it as a closed loop pump and creating more random flow, gyres and bursts of water to mimic various ocean conditions.

Another possibility is using the Waveline DC-5000 pump or smaller iterations on the company’s line of protein skimmers. The DC pumps would allow an easy way to dial in pump flow and adjust your skimmate output, have a feeding mode and not worry about pump restart issues and chatter normally associated with AC pumps.

We’ve seen other DC pumps like the Seio Wave, Coralife DC wavemaker,  Hydrowizard and DC Red Dragon pumps but the Waveline pump could hit a good part of the market. With an affordable pricetag, a controller and the ability for more uses gives it more allure over simple DC wavemaking systems that are still taking up valuable real estate and are generally not that great to look at.

The Waveline DC-5000 DC pumps should be available on the market in the next few months. No word on prices but we can expect it to be more affordable than the Red Dragons. Hopefully it will be in line with some of its AC competition in the mid-market price range.

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  • CaliReefer

    That is some impressive power consumption on that pump. I just picked up a Reeflo Blow Hole a few months ago and while it is good, it is also a power hog taking around 140w of power at 1450GPH.

  • Acrocap

    DC pumps are for sure more efficient but this is also dependent to the head pressure the pump is designed for.
    even with the reeflo you can reduce the head to increase the flow.
    Never the less those are great number as you said.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kyle-Hebert/1110420002 Kyle Hebert

    i tested a unit and love it. but it consumed 47w at full power, measured from wall with killowatt,

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3PQR2S2EAZUDJKVYUCKLCWJ37Q Micheal

    Mentioned you can run it off a DC source in the case of a power outage, batteries, solar, etc , does that mean the inverter has a direct plug for DC sources?  Or is this something you’d need to rig up on your own?

    Either way might be nice for an outdoor pond pump if you can hook it to a solar panel… although a 40w panel is fairly large, and might not give you the proper output voltage that you need.

  • Acrocap

    I talked to my dealer about this and this is what he tells me:
    This is a pump from the Dutch company that RE was working with for Red Dragon 2 which is now discontinued. It is made by Honcar or some other crappy chinese manufacturer and supplied by the Ducth firm.
    Now IF AND ONLY IF this information is true, I would stay away from this just on the count of personal experience of losing over $1200 on the Red Dragon 2.
    The pumps were garbage and the Rotor ended up rusting from inside and blistering! The pump stopped working, they send me a new rotor but then the controller broke.
    Very Costly experience.
    Having said that the info above is only useful if my source is correct.
    Cheers,
    Dave

  • h2osystems

    These pumps are not manufactured by Honcar but by a NON
    crappy Chinese manufacture that OEM pumps for many name brands in North
    America. We were involved in the design from the controller to the impeller.
    These pumps have been stress test on the field for over a year. We believe they
    will outlast AC pumps under normal conditions. The DC-10000 and DC-2500 is going
    thru the same stress testing before hitting the market, schedule to be release
    in 3 months.

    We’re sorry your experience with DC pumps was not positive.
    The DC-5000 is design to function in both marine and freshwater, no parts will
    corrode or blister.

    Waveline DC-5000   
    MSRP $239.99

    H2O Systems

    http://www.RLSS.CA

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/QUTUSSEADGQXRAPZTRYLFB566E eric

    during the feed mode, will the pump stop all together or slow down a bit, THX